Where: Alberta, Canada (49.4° N, 112.8° W: paleocoordinates 57.1° N, 78.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bearpaw Shale Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• 5.0 m above the base of the Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the TMP
Primary reference: E. L. Nicholls, T. T. Tokaryk, and L. V. Hills. 1990. Cretaceous marine turtles from the Western Interior Seaway of Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 27(10):1288-1298 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 23367: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 12.07.2002, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Lophochelys sp. Zangerl 1953 sea turtle |